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Letter to the Editor: Silliman gets Nixon wrong
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Letter to the Editor: Silliman gets Nixon wrong

This letter is a spirited rejoinder to Daniel Silliman’s critique of Richard M. Nixon’s character. (Elijah Guevara, “Alumnus Releases Religious Biography of Richard Nixon,” Sept. 12, 2024).  In Guevara’s article, Silliman is quoted as saying, “If you see Richard Nixon as a failure, as a tragedy, as a bad person, you’re not wrong, but also...

Adventure club to ice fish
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Adventure club to ice fish

The Hillsdale College Outdoor Adventure Club will take students ice fishing on Saturday. Courtesy | Caroline Hennekes The Hillsdale College Outdoor Adventures Club will take 15 students ice fishing at Baw Beese Lake Feb. 15.  “It’s free fishing weekend, that’s the attraction,” sophomore TJ Korotzer said.  Fishing license requirements are waived on Feb. 15 and...

Super Bowl halftime show dissed more than Drake
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Super Bowl halftime show dissed more than Drake

COURTESY | X The Eagles weren’t the only winners this Super Bowl Sunday. Though rapper and Pulitzer Prize winner Kendrick Lamar did declare a final victory in his public sparring with competitor Drake during the halftime show this year, reducing the entire show to a diss misses the larger point of his set.  Uncle Samuel...

Author lectures on bringing back practice of civility
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Author lectures on bringing back practice of civility

Alexandra Hudson recently published a book on civility. Catherine Maxwell | The Collegian Adopting civility in daily life could heal our divided society, said Alexandra Hudson in her Feb. 10 lecture “The Soul of Civility,” also the title of her latest book. Hudson, the founder of the online community Civic Renaissance and 2020 Robert Novak...

‘A small business killer’: Restaurants brace as wage hikes loom
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‘A small business killer’: Restaurants brace as wage hikes loom

Jolenta Dangerfield takes orders at Finish Line Family Restaurant. Thomas McKenna | Collegian Local owners and servers fear Feb. 21 minimum wage hike, new paid leave rules Several local restaurants plan to raise menu prices if a Feb. 21 statewide minimum wage and paid leave increase takes effect as some lawmakers said Wednesday they were...